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Ozonolysis
Concepts tested here
- Ozonolysis of cyclic alkene
All Questions
2015 AIPMT-I 1 question
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A single compound of the structure
is obtainable from ozonolysis of which of the following cyclic compoundsOzonolysis of a cyclic alkene opens the ring and gives a single dicarbonyl compound.
The ring carbon bearing a methyl group on the double bond becomes the $CH_3-CO-$ end, the other alkene carbon becomes the $-CHO$ end, and the second methyl sits on the middle carbon.
So the compound is 1,4-dimethylcyclopentene.